Training keys on tsunami preparation

11:46 AM,
May 6, 2014

Tsunami Evacuation Route: One of many Tsunami Evacuation Route signs guide the way for residents to get to safe parts of the island in the event of a Tsunami. The National Weather Service, Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense are holding workshops this week to ensure first responders are prepared in the event of disasters such as tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes. Dance Aoki/Pacific Daily News/dkaoki@guampdn.com

Written by

Dance Aoki
Pacific Daily News

Guam has seen only four tsunamis greater than three feet high in the last 150 years; however, meteorologists from the National Weather Service say the island isn't "out of the woods."

Charles "Chip" Guard, a warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service, gave a presentation about the risk of tsunamis for Guam yesterday at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort during the Annual National Weather Service Tropical Cyclone, Disaster Preparedness, and Climate Workshop held by Guam Homeland Security Office of Civil Defense in coordination with the weather service.